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French hunter on trial for killing mother bear 'in self-defence'
Mar 18, 2025 (AFP)
The brown bear is a protected species in the mountain range, which separates France and Spain. Andre Rives was boar-hunting when a female bear nicknamed Caramel...
Colombia's 'Lord of the Fruit' fighting for native species
Mar 17, 2025 (AFP)
Gian Paolo Daguer, a 47-year-old environmental engineer, is on a mission to save these natural delicacies from extinction in one of the most biodiverse countrie...
Australians welcome departure of baby wombat grabber
Mar 14, 2025 (AFP)
In a now-deleted video posted to Instagram this week, the woman can be seen picking up and running with the hissing wild animal before declaring to the camera: ...
Nepal community efforts revive red panda population
Mar 14, 2025 (AFP)
Red pandas may share a similar name to giant pandas -- due to their bamboo diet -- but the copper-hued mammals with raccoon-like features are much smaller, typi...
Sri Lanka adjusts train timings to tackle elephant deaths
Mar 14, 2025 (AFP)
The measures came after seven elephants were run over on February 20 by an express train near a wildlife reserve in Habarana, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) ea...
Australia tells US influencer: 'leave baby wombat alone'
Mar 13, 2025 (AFP)
In a now-deleted video posted to Instagram this week, the woman can be seen picking up the hissing wild animal before declaring to the camera: "I caught a baby ...
Many animal 'geomorphs' under threat, study warns
Mar 12, 2025 (AFP)
The research, by Queen Mary University of London, found the scale of the impact these animals had on habitats -- by building dams, trampling new river courses, ...
Protections drop for wolves in most of Europe
Mar 07, 2025 (AFP)
The move allows hunting to resume under strict regulation, which activists fear could result in a large number of wolves being shot dead. Activists have said th...
Tanzania receives 18 white rhinos from South Africa
Mar 04, 2025 (AFP)
The move is part of a project that will see the East African nation receive a total of 36 white rhinos, which have been absent in the country for decades. Remai...
Environmental activist killed in southern Mexico
Mar 02, 2025 (AFP)
Cristino Castro Perea, 63, was targeted late Friday in southern Oaxaca state by two people passing on a motorcycle, according to the Center for Human Rights and...
Off leash: China's pet industry shines in ailing economy
Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)
China is battling slowing growth as a real-estate crisis, persistently low consumption and high youth unemployment plague the world's second-biggest economy. Ye...
England allows wild beaver releases in 'milestone' for UK nature
Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)
It's a win for wildlife campaigners seeking to restore England's depleted countryside -- and a triumphant turnaround for the dam-building rodents, which until r...
UN nature talks unlock $200 bn deal for conservation
Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)
The agreement in Rome just before midnight on Thursday is seen as crucial to giving impetus to the landmark 2022 deal to halt the rampant destruction of nature ...
World agrees hard-fought nature funding plan at UN talks
Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)
Rich and developing countries hammered out a delicate compromise on raising and delivering the billions of dollars needed to protect species, overcoming stark d...
Countries lock horns over cash for nature at rebooted UN talks
Feb 25, 2025 (AFP)
More than two years after a landmark deal on nature -- including a pledge to protect 30 percent of the world's land and seas by 2030 -- nations continue to hagg...
'Matter of survival': Nations spar over nature funding at UN talks
Feb 25, 2025 (AFP)
More than two years after a landmark deal on nature -- including a pledge to protect 30 percent of the world's land and seas by 2030 -- nations are still haggli...
Saving nature can 'unite world' countries told at rebooted UN talks
Feb 25, 2025 (AFP)
More than two years after a landmark deal on nature -- including a pledge to protect 30 percent of the world's land and seas by 2030 -- nations continue to hagg...
Japan cabinet approves 'emergency' urban bear shootings
Feb 21, 2025 (AFP)
Across the country, 219 people were attacked by bears in 12 months to April 2024, with six human fatalities -- the highest since statistics began nearly two dec...
US National Park workers reckon with fear, anger after layoffs
Feb 21, 2025 (AFP)
This past weekend, the Trump administration laid her off, along with thousands of other federal employees. The cuts were part of the work of the newly-created D...
New arena, new attitudes? Cash spat in spotlight at UN nature talks
Feb 19, 2025 (AFP)
Countries meeting at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters must agree on how nature funds should be governed -- a key step towards the g...
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